Class Minutes, Mon. Feb. 1st

Today was the first class back after exam week. We went over our exams before starting a short poetry unit. We were introduced to Shane Koyczan, the spoken word artist headlining the Spoken World Poetry Slam at Granville Island on Feb. 18th at 7:30pm. Consider going if you're not out of town. He's amazing. (Check him out on youtube). Then, to wrap things up, we did a sort and predict of poetic phrases. Mrs. Wall gave us 12 categories (each a different poetic device), including allusion, onomatopoeia, etc. Then, in groups of 4-5, we had to sort the phrases into their appropriate categories. Good review of devices and intro to the unit.